Obama slams Trump for promising to roll back Wall Street reforms
By Jeff MasonELKHART, Ind. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump's proposal to weaken Wall Street reforms and touted his own economic record on Wednesday during a trip to a city he...
View ArticleKansas is latest U.S. state to challenge Obama transgender directive
By Suzannah Gonzales(Reuters) - Kansas vowed on Wednesday to sue the Obama administration over a directive telling U.S. public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms...
View ArticleWrestler ruled incompetent to stand trial in Pennsylvania murder
By David DeKokHARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania judge ruled on Wednesday that former professional wrestler Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka was mentally incompetent to stand trial for murder in the 1983...
View ArticleMinnesota trial of men accused of trying to join Islamic State goes to jury
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The case of three Somali-American men charged with attempting to join Islamic State militants in Syria and conspiring to help the group is now in the hands of a jury in...
View ArticleMan beaten and held in closet by East Cleveland police gets $22 million
By Justin Madden(Reuters) - A jury awarded $22 million to an Ohio man who sued the city of East Cleveland and police officers after he was beaten while handcuffed and placed in a storage closet for...
View ArticleFormer Los Angeles mayor starts anti-Trump campaign
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said on Wednesday he had formed a political action committee and started raising money to help fight Donald Trump's...
View ArticleNew England prep school St. Paul's sued over sex case
(Reuters) - An elite New England prep school was sued on Wednesday by the family of an underage female student who was lured into a sexual encounter with a graduating upperclassman.The federal lawsuit...
View ArticleObama says transgender bathroom directive based on law
ELKHART, Ind. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the decision to direct public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice was based on the law and the...
View ArticleTexas appeals court upholds fraud charges against state attorney general
(Reuters) - A Dallas appeals court upheld Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s three state indictments for felony fraud on Wednesday, the Dallas Morning News reported.The newspaper said Paxton, a...
View ArticleCalifornia Assembly passes gun control bills
By Sharon BernsteinSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - The California Assembly on Wednesday passed a package of gun control bills, including a measure to ban so-called bullet buttons which allow quick...
View ArticlePlummeting U.S. teen birthrate hit record low in 2015: CDC
By David BeasleyATLANTA (Reuters) - The birthrate among U.S. teenagers dropped 8 percent last year to another record low, the latest sign of major progress in efforts to reduce teen pregnancies, a...
View ArticleKansas lawmakers do not act on school funding as deadline looms
By Brendan O'Brien(Reuters) - Kansas lawmakers on Wednesday did not act on a state Supreme Court order to create a more equitable funding formula for education, leaving open the possibility that public...
View ArticleSix automakers to recall nearly 2.5 million U.S. vehicles over Takata airbags
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six automakers said Thursday they are recalling nearly 2.5 million U.S. vehicles with defective Takata air bag inflators, documents posted with government regulators show.These...
View ArticleTerror case opens up Kuwait's sectarian divisions
By Sylvia WestallKUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaiti security service officers raided farmhouses near the Iraqi border late last summer, slicing through carpets and smashing open concrete floors. Hidden in...
View ArticleUse it or lose it: Occasional Ohio voters may be shut out in November
By Andy Sullivan and Grant SmithCINCINNATI (Reuters) - When Larry Harmon tried to vote on a marijuana initiative in November in his hometown of Kent, Ohio, the 59-year-old software engineer found his...
View ArticleDutch, U.S. authorities cooperate in lottery mail scam investigation
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors said on Thursday they had raided 10 locations in an investigation into a global, multi-million euro mail scam with hundreds of thousands of victims.The national...
View ArticleRare U.S. biplane stamp stolen six decades ago to be returned
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rare "Inverted Jenny" stamp stolen 61 years ago is set to be officially returned to the library that owns it by U.S. authorities on Thursday.The 1918 24-cent U.S. stamp features...
View ArticleBoeing to lay off 211 workers in Washington state, agency says
By Alwyn ScottNEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co plans to lay off 211 employees in Washington state on July 22, a state agency said, referring to a group that likely includes information technology workers...
View Article'Daddy went past a red light': Massachusetts boy, 6, busts father
BOSTON (Reuters) - A police dispatcher outside Boston got an unexpected call last weekend when a 6-year-old boy dialed 911 to alert them that his father had run a red light on the way to the car wash,...
View ArticleArt, furniture and more from the Reagans' home to be auctioned
By Chris MichaudNEW YORK (Reuters) - Furniture, artwork, jewelry and collectible objects that once graced the Los Angeles home of President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, are headed for the auction...
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